Today in Melbourne History
Historical Events
Results 1 - 30 of 30
1835-08-30 - Melbourne, Australia is founded.
1856-03-26 - NSW's 1st 1st-class game, v Victoria at Melbourne NSW won
1856-10-19 - James Kelly & Jack Smith fight bareknuckle for 6h15m in Melbourne
1865-01-25 - CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia
1880-11-11 - Australian Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged at Melbourne Gaol.
1886-11-22 - Victoria Street Cable Tram route begins in Melbourne, Australia
1892-06-11 - The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
1899-01-22 - Leaders of six Australian colonies meet in Melbourne to discuss confederation.
1899-02-02 - The Australian Premiers' Conference held in Melbourne decides to locate Australia's capital (Canberra) between Sydney and Melbourne.
1901-05-09 - Australia opens its 1st parliament in Melbourne
1922-09-11 - One of the Herald Sun of Melbourne, Australia's predecessor papers The Sun News-Pictorial is founded.
1927-05-09 - Canberra replaces Melbourne as the capital of Australia
1930-10-11 - Collingwood Football Club in Melbourne, Australia, won the VFL premiership for the fourth consecutive year.
1934-11-21 - "Uiver" returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race
1946-12-26 - 35th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in Melbourne (5-0)
1954-03-08 - Herb McKinley sets quarter mile record of 0:46.8 in Melbourne, Australia
1956-11-22 - 16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne
1956-12-08 - 16th Olympic games close at Melbourne, Australia
1964-02-10 - Destroyer Voyager sinks off Australia after colliding with aircraft carrier Melbourne
1967-02-03 - Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne.
1969-06-02 - Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices US destroyer "Frank E Evans" in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam)
1970-10-15 - Bridge over Yarra River in Melbourne crashes; killing 35
1978-10-21 - Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes in a Cessna 182 over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
1983-12-28 - 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2)
1985-08-20 - Hanspeter Beck of South Australia, finishes a 3,875 mile, 51 day trip from Western Australia to Melbourne on a unicycle
1986-12-21 - 75th Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2)
1989-12-09 - "Les Miserables" opens at Princess Theatre, Melbourne
1999-10-31 - Yachtsman Jesse Martin returns to Melbourne after 11 months of circumnavigating the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.
2000-09-11 - Activists protest against the World Economic Forum meeting in Melbourne, Australia.
2007-03-23 - Burnley Tunnel catastrophe occurs in Melbourne, Australia.
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 50 of 50
1858-04-19 - May Robson, [Mary J Robison], Melbourne Aust, actress (Apple Annie)
1882-07-08 - Percy Grainger, Melbourne, composer/pianist/conductor (Hill Songs)
1889-11-09 - Snub Pollard, Melbourne Australia, actor (Don't Shove, Arizona Days)
1901-07-12 - Robert Allenby, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1912-12-29 - Peggy Glanville-Hicks, Melbourne Australia, composer (Triad)
1913-07-23 - Coral Browne, Melbourne Aust, actress (Margaret-Time Express)
1926-05-11 - Frank Thring, Melbourne Australia, actor (El Cid, Ben-Hur)
1931-03-05 - Barry Tuckwell, Melbourne Aust, hornist (London Symph Orch 1955-68)
1935-03-05 - Philip K Chapman, Melbourne Australia, astronaut (Apollo 14 support)
1938-08-07 - Helen Caldicott, Melbourne Australia, physician/anti-war activist
1939-01-29 - Germaine Greer, Melbourne Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunich)
1941-04-24 - John Williams, Melbourne Australia, guitarist (Acad Award)
1941-10-25 - Helen Reddy, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (I Am Woman)
1946-05-19 - Phillip Rudd, Melbourne, rock drummer (AC/DC-Rock 'n Roll Damnation)
1948-05-28 - Bob Shearer, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1949-10-30 - David Green, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist (Air Supply)
1950-06-01 - Graham Russell, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)
1950-12-18 - Gillian Armstrong, Melbourne Aust, director (High Tide, Mrs Soffel)
1952-06-11 - Russell Hitchcock, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Air Supply)
1956-03-02 - Mark Evans, Melbourne Australia, rock bassist (AC/DC)
1957-03-09 - Jeff Senior, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1957-05-30 - Michael Clayton, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1962-03-22 - Diane Pavich, Melbourne Aust, golfer (1993 T50 Alpine Aust Ladies)
1965-03-07 - Cameron Daddo, Melbourne Australia, actor (Brian Petersen-Models Inc)
1965-03-20 - Danielle Woodward, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1965-10-05 - Paul Moloney, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1965-10-25 - Leigh Ann Mills, Melbourne FL, LPGA golfer (1985 Mazda Champions)
1966-08-02 - Tim Wakefield, Melbourne FL, pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
1967-02-03 - Natalie Hunter, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1967-11-05 - Grant Leury, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1967-12-03 - David Diaz, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1968-05-28 - Kylie Minogue, Melbourne Australia, rock vocalist (Locomotion)
1969-09-22 - Nicole Bradtke, Melbourne Australia, tennis star (1995 Auckland)
1970-05-17 - Jodie Rogers, Melbourne Victoria Australia, diver (Olympics-96)
1970-05-25 - Danni Roche, Melbourne VIC Australia, field hockey midfielder (Oly-96)
1970-07-05 - Maureen Lee, Melbourne Australia, golfer
1970-09-06 - Shane Heal, Box Hill Melbourne VIC Austral, basketball guard (Oly-96)
1971-02-11 - Linda Wild, Arlington Heights Ill, tennis star (1993 Melbourne Open)
1971-03-15 - Patrick Reidy, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96)
1971-05-07 - Cameron McFadzean, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1971-06-21 - Nicole Stevenson, Melbourne Australia, backstroker (Oly-bronze-92, 96)
1971-10-20 - Dannii Minogue, Melbourne Australia, singer, sister of Kylie Minogue
1972-02-17 - Richard MacQuire, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1972-05-11 - Andrew Bonhomme, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
1973-02-22 - Kimberly Davies, Melbourne Aust, actress (Baywatch)
1973-12-01 - Mia Farrance, Melbourne VIC Australia, canoeist (Olympics-96)
1974-01-05 - Michelle Scerri, Melbourne Australia, golfer (1995 Tasmanian)
1976-04-06 - Simon Coombes, Melbourne VIC Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1976-08-25 - Sam Mackinnon, Melbourne VIC Australia, basketball forward (Oly-96)
1984-04-10 - Zoe, Melbourne Australia, 1st frozen-embryo child
